Vincentian Family
Fire!! Fire!! Fire!!
by Pattie Hughes, Vincentian | August 29, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
Our beautiful Mother Earth is on fire. All around the world people are talking about the devastating fires happening right now in the Amazon rain forest. “The earths lungs.”
Request of Formation Materials within the Vincentian Family
by Vincentian Family Office | August 27, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
Everyone’s help is necessary so that we can build a good library of digital formation materials that will serve all members of the Family.
Take it from a German! A Faith Alive
by John Freund, CM | August 26, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
It was an Irish celebration. But it was a profound celebration of a faith that goes far beyond just people of Irish heritage. It touched me deeply.
Missing Millennials – What We Might Be Missing
by John Freund, CM | August 23, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 3 Comments
Could living Vincent’s Values be attractive to millennials?
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What is the Most Important Room In the World?
by John Freund, CM | May 21, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
What is the most important room in the history of the world… and our lives? The Oval Office, Buckingham Palace? …...
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Vincentian Prayer Images: Bl. Rosalie Rendu DC During Waves Of Pandemic
by John Freund, CM | May 19, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
What gave her the strength to minister through three waves of a pandemic?
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Vincentian Prayer Images: Lamps Lit
by John Freund, CM | May 12, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
What enabled Vincent to keep his lamps lit in the face of trgedy? What can we learn from him?
Vincentian Family Paris
by John Freund, CM | Nov 14, 2015 | News, Vincentian Family
Dan Borlick CM writes from Paris... Let our hearts and prayers open today for the people of France, who, yet again, are facing violence on a gruesome, callous scale not experienced in a long time. From those who have emailed me, thanks for your concern (and prayers,...
Austria officially honors Vincentian priest
by John Freund, CM | Nov 14, 2015 | Congregation of the Mission, News, Vincentian Family
Austria honors Wolfgang Pucher CM with its Silver Medal for meritorious service to the Republic of Austria through the 38 "VinziWerke" or innovative "VinProjects" he has inaugurated. The breadth of these projects is staggering. Among them VinziDorf, a long-term hostel...
Perspectives from Sisters of Charity Federation NGO
by John Freund, CM | Nov 5, 2015 | News, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Teresa Kotturan SCN offers updates from the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO at the United Nations. The Sustainable Development Goals officially adopted by the United Nations on September 25 provide a vision for the next 15 years for people, planet and prosperity......
Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative Newsletter
by John Freund, CM | Nov 2, 2015 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
VFHI Newsletter - October 2015 Click here to view the full newsletter. Featured stories:Advancing the Quality of Education in our Partner Schools Since October 2013, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative’s (VFHI) Feeding Program has allowed 4,250 children from 17 schools...
Do we tell the stories of our Vincentian saints often enough?
by John Freund, CM | Oct 31, 2015 | Formation, Vincentian Family
In 2010 there was a famvin post that asked the question "Do we tell the stories of our Vincentian saints often enough?" Georgia wrote “We need heroes. We need to give kids heroes. Without heroes, they will give us gangs.” And worse. Some food for thought. We have a...
Vincentian Gathering North America – a Family Affair
by John Freund, CM | Oct 29, 2015 | News, Vincentian Family
Under the title Vincentian Gathering North America - a Family Affair the Sisters of Charity Federation website posted the following story. More than 200 members of the Vincentian Family gathered together in Denver, Colorado October 23-25 to collaborate and discuss...
Vincentian Harbor Project in Odessa Ukraine
by John Freund, CM | Oct 28, 2015 | News, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Confreres from the Vice-Province of SS. Cyril and Methodius involved in prison ministry in Odessa--a port city in the southern Ukraine--observed that inmates received little preparation to reenter society upon their release. This experience eventually led our...
Chronicle VFG2015: Canada/USA
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 26, 2015 | News, Vincentian Family
USA and Canada: We are Family! When the family gets together, it’s always an intense time. Love and sadness, victory and defeat, past, present and future: it’s all there in a weekend. These past days, October 23-26, 2015, have been rich. We gathered in prayer and...
VFG2015: Young Vincentians Take the Lead
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 26, 2015 | Featured Videos, News, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family gathering of Canada and the United States is just wrapping up. 40% of the attendees were young Vincentians. In the midst of fascinating formation and fun, I interviewed Michael Van Dorpe -- a Young Vincentian Leader from DePaul University. Listen...